Far-field optical superlenses without metal

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Regan, Charles J ^a,b   Dominguez, Daniel ^b   Grave De Peralta, Luis ^b   Bernussi, Ayrton A ^a,b  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SAMPLES; FAR-FIELD IMAGE; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; ILLUMINATION SOURCES; OPTICAL SUPERLENSES; POST PROCESSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE WAVES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84878054316     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4804659     Document Type: Article

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